Undergoing repairs. There are 623 crew members on board, but no passengers. Health officials tested the crew after one of them tested positive on monday. The o Officials Say nonone of t3 people infected are known to be in serious condition. They also say theyre working with the Central Government to disinfect the vessel. Now, april is the start of the new Academic Year here in japan, and some Elementary Schools in the central part of the country resumed classes earlier this month, but they closed last week after four children and a teacher in one class were found to be infected. Tokyo tops the list of prefectures in the number infections with over 3,400 after 132 new cases were reported. The total number of confirmed cases in japan now exceeds 11,800, more than 700 cases have alalso beenn linked to the diam princess cruise ship, which is quarantined near tokyo in february. A total of 307 people have died in japan, including 13 from the diamond princess. A japanese medical expert says t
Downgraded to a Tropical Storm as the wind velocity has decreased. Authorities had at one time advised or ordered 100,000 people to evacuate their homes in parts of western and southern japan. Airlines have canceled more than 180 domestic flights. Residents found a concrete bridge washed away. The water came up as high as one meter. Weather officials are warning of possible mudslides, floods, and tornadoes as the storm heads towards the greater tokyo area. For more details concerning the storm, heres sayaka mori. Where is the system now and where is it heading . Right now the system is located in aichi prefecture. It has been downgraded to a tropical depression. Its now moving to the east. Over the past three hours parts of central japan had 100 millimeters of rainfall. It is now making its way towards the kanto region. Earlier in the day we had recordbreaking heavy rainfall in the west. Parts of kyushu had about 580 millimeters of rain in hours. Thats why we are seeing widespread floo
Cooperation. One of the points was for Energy Development in the russian far east. Abe and putin will again meet for discussions this friday. Abe is expected to try to pave the way for putins planned visit to japan in december. The trip would be the first to buy a russian president in six years. Also on the agenda, the sensitive issue of how to proceed with negotiations for a bilateral peace treaty. The countries have yet to sign a peace treaty over the end of world war ii. The stumbling block has been because of a dispute over the northern territories. Russia controls the four islands, japan claims them. The japanese government maintains their an inherent part of the nations territory, it says the islands were illegally occupied after world war ii. Now, japanese leaders want to resolve the longstanding territorial dispute with russia. And they have embarked on industrial cooperation with the far Eastern Region to help foster closer relations. Nhk world reports. Reporter these soybean
Cooperation. One of the points was for Energy Development in the russian far east. Abe and putin will again meet for discussions this friday. Abe is expected to try to pave the way for putins planned visit to japan in december. The trip would be the first to buy a russian president in six years. Also on the agenda, the sensitive issue of how to proceed with negotiations for a bilateral peace treaty. The countries have yet to sign a peace treaty over the end of world war ii. The stumbling block has been because of a dispute over the northern territories. Russia controls the four islands, japan claims them. The japanese government maintains their an inherent part of the nations territory, it says the islands were illegally occupied after world war ii. Now, japanese leaders want to resolve the longstanding territorial dispute with russia. And they have embarked on industrial cooperation with the far Eastern Region to help foster closer relations. Nhk world reports. Reporter these soybean
Greens owners are developing new strategies. Prodemocracy demonstrators in hong kong are debating how to move their protests forward. Friday marks exactly two months since they first started occupying parts of the territorys busy districts. The Hong Kong Government has shown no signs of giving in to their demands by wednesday. Authorities had cleared barktds from one of the three main protest sites following a court order. Some point out that support for the protesters among hong kong residents appears to have dwindled as the standoff dragged on. A student leader says a new course of action will be worked out in a few days. He was released on bail after being detained while the barricades were being removed. Some of the protesters say they intend to keep up the fight, but others including a University Associate professor and a christian minister say they will surrender themselves to police as early as next week. North koreas staterun media has for the first time used a specific title w